Executive summary “Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive
in the way it becomes known to the self—to the mediating intellect—as to verge close to …

Perinatal mental health has become a significant focus of interest in recent years, with
investment in new specialist mental health services in some high‐income countries, and …

Perinatal maternal symptoms of depression and anxiety compromise psychosocial function
and influence developmental outcomes in the offspring. The onset of symptoms remains …

Background In the first years of their lives, children develop the cognitive, social and
emotional skills that will provide the foundations for their lifelong health and achievements …

Maternal internalizing symptoms during pregnancy, specifically depression and/or anxiety,
are commonly linked to negative affectivity (NA) in infant offspring. These links are …

Purpose The Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study (ATPG3) was established
to examine the extent to which offspring social and emotional development is shaped in the …

Pre-natal exposure to acute maternal trauma or chronic maternal distress can confer
increased risk for psychiatric disorders in later life. Acute maternal trauma is the result of …

Longitudinal cohorts can provide timely and cost-efficient evidence about the best points of
health service and preventive interventions over the life course. Working systematically …

Background Two theoretical frameworks, the cumulative stress and match-mismatch model,
propose that patterns of maternal depressive symptoms over early periods of offspring …

Background. Perinatal depression is a common mental disorder, which has become a
significant public health concern, especially in the western developed countries where it has …